Geebax
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Australia
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I think it is a great new step for the Phantom series.
The camera lens is improved, that will hopefully solve the problems that have been turning up with mis-aligned lenses.
The obstacle avoidance is real, available and included in the price, that will impact on the Yuneec Typhoon H where it is an optional extra and they can't even tell you how much it will cost. And it will be a solution for people who fly behind terrain or buildings and then crash into them on the way home.
The 'Tap' features are very clever, and will make it much easier to use Follow Me, as they don't rely on having any device on your person to make them work.
The slightly increased battery endurance is useful. Not as much as people had hoped for, but the increased capacity is probably needed more for the optical processing that is going on, such as the collision avoidance and the 'Tap' features. Those functions require an enormous amount of computing power to realise and that means a lot more power consumption.
Looking through the specs and FAQs, there are lots of new features added to the aircraft, many of which are not 'sexy', but for example it now has redundant IMU and compass devices for improved accuracy, the accuracy of hover has been improved too. This is a very good example of quietly improving things that matter.
All in all, a great step forward. Well done DJI.
Will I buy it? No, my P3P does what I want quite adequately. Like others here, I don't like being limited to a maximum height of 120 Metres, and the cost in Australian dollars is about $2400 and everything I already own would have to be replaced as nothing is compatible with the P4, not even the hardcase.
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